The door on the coach opens before I could process anything he said. "Keep that in mind Faye. I-I mean… Arietta…" He says to me as we make it to a large house. I was lead inside with his to see Florian, Anise, Viola, and the little boy from before. Anise sees me and sighs with relief. "You took so long, Arietta! I thought you were dead." Anise glances over to the others, seeming to check them for injuries and then at me.
"I'm glad you're okay Arietta." Florian says with the boy sleeping on his lap.
"M-me too! They said they took another person other then you or Tear. Do you know who it is?" Viola asks very quietly after the guard leads me to the cell the others are in.
"N-no… I didn't really learn anything, one man put something to my mouth and I kind of lost consciousness…" I say even quieter. Anise gasps.
"He must have used a fonic cloth on you. It's were someone uses a water fonic arte, like splash or blessed tears on some fabrics. It usually tears it all up so they take the largest pieces and put it to people's mouths. The people inhale the fonons and pass out by the sudden increase of fonons in their bodies." Anise explains.
"And why are you t-telling us." Florian says kind of scared.
"Uh, duh, in case we have to use it on the guards in here to break out old fashion styled." Anise says while wagging he finger back and forth.
"Apparently people used to do that over 50 years ago to capture unsuspecting criminals on the run." Anise says while looking over at the guard.
"I know all of this because Jade said he used to use that on Peony when he got drunk." Anise says not as quiet.
"I'm not sure about what I should feel about this "Jade"." Viola said very uneasy.
"He's a weirdo, he's a drunk, and he's a pervert." I say nonchalantly.
Anise just shrugs. "That's pretty much it."
"I wonder if that's the reason why everyone says Peony passes out after he drinks." Florian wonders out loud, everyone gets uncomfortable.
Viola just shudders. "Good thing I don't drink."
"Does Peony even know?" I ask everyone, they all just make a scared and worried face.
The guard is obviously annoyed by us and marches to the cell. "Would you calm down and shut up!" He yells at us, scaring Florian.
Anise just laughs and gets up. "I could say the same thing about you." Her doll swaying as she walked over to the cell bars to be face to face to the man. "Oh, don't get your panties in a twist and sit your ass down." The guard threatens Anise. She gasps and spits on his uniform. "That's what you get for being such a jerk!" Anise pouts at him.
"That's it! You're not getting a meal today!" He says before marching out of the room.
"Wow, what an idiot. Leaving geniuses behind without a guard." Anise says while flipping her hair.
Viola quickly looks at the cell door and tries to unlock it. The boy wakes up and looks at all of us, but stays quiet. "Do you think he's still in shock?" I ask Florian and Anise. They both shrug, not sure what to say. Viola picks out a feather from her jacket and crams it into the lock, she then puts her ear to the lock and listens for something. We all stay quiet before long we hear a "clink". The door swings open.
"That's a trick I'll remember in prison." Anise says happily, we all just giggle at the comment. Viola looks at the vent and unhinges it. She puts Florian on her shoulders and puts him in. He motions Anise to get up and she does, he grabs her hand and pulls her up. She looks at me and reaches her hand out, I smile and give her my doll before I get in the vent with them. It's not as small as it looks. Viola grabs the little boy and lifts him up to me. I lift him up to us, he's lighter then he looks. Viola jumps right in and right after that the guard walks in, she quickly put in vent piece back on and tries to hide herself. "H-huh?! They're gone!?" He yells while running back out. Not long after that an alarm rings, it's so loud. "hnng!" Anise makes a noise while plucking some feathers from Viola's coat and puts them in her ears. Viola tries to protest but Anise just stares at her happily, not hearing a thing.
This girl may get on everyone's nerves time and time again but she's a genius when she can.